Dr. Terry Portis is the Executive Director of the Hearing Loss Association of America (formerly SHHH). The Hearing Loss Association has 12,000 members, 13 state organizations and 250 local chapters. Terry is a graduate of Covenant College and received his Master’s Degree from NC A&T State University. He has a doctorate in Counseling Psychology.

Terry became interested in hearing loss when his wife, Denise, began to experience severe hearing problems nine years ago. He has been in education and human services for 18 years and in a leadership position for 14 of those years. He has spoken on various topics at conferences and workshops across the country on non-profit leadership, psychological and religious issues of acquired disabilities, and the family and faith dynamics of disability, loss and trauma. Terry is based in the Hearing Loss Association’s Washington, DC office in Bethesda, Maryland.

Terry also is an adjunct professor of psychology at Taylor University.

Terry and Denise live in Maryland with their two teenage children.

Learn more about Dr. Portis and the Hearing Loss Association of America.